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Trial of suspect in brutal 2007 rape, homicide of Bangor woman begins 2 of 4 teens who found body testify
; BANGOR - Nine family members of Christina Simonin sat crying at times and holding hands on Monday during the opening day of testimony in the trial of Ashton Moores, the man accused of sexually assaulting and killing her. Assistant Attorney General Andrew Benson alleges that Moores, now 60, brutally
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Injured Bangor man awarded $5 million CMP caused electrical accident at boatyard
; BANGOR - A Superior Court judge has awarded a local man nearly $5 million in damages from Central Maine Power Co. for injuries he suffered six years ago in an electrical accident at a Penobscot boatyard. Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy found that CMP caused the accident because the power
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Group seeks to revive Camden downtown
; CAMDEN - Holiday lights in downtown Camden will wrap around the lamp poles on Elm and Bayview streets this year. In more lucrative times, holiday lights framed store doorways and windows instead. "We've got enough empty storefronts," Janis Kay, a board member of the Camden Downtown Business Group,
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Construction to start on Ellsworth Super Wal-Mart
; ELLSWORTH - After years of planning, construction is set to begin on the Super Wal-Mart project on Myrick Street. Wal-Mart officials announced Monday that construction will begin next Monday, Nov. 24. Crews from Hutter Construction Corp. from New Ipswich, N.H., already have begun moving trailers
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The audacity of it all
; Thank the Almighty that the interminable, obnoxious and infuriating electioneering is over for now. It's such a relief that I don't care anymore who won. Does it make a difference? I doubt it. The most qualified candidates (those who have executive experience) got washed out in the primaries. To
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SEARS ISLAND COMPROMISE
; A consensus on the future of state-owned Sears Island in Penobscot Bay, which took years to achieve, is poised for acceptance by the Legislature's Transportation Committee. The compromise vision for the island, which protects 600 of its 940 acres while also creating a zone for a possible container
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Tilting at windmills
; It amazes me how there is always resistance when any industry attempts a move into Maine. On one hand, people complain about their inability to find good-paying jobs in Maine. On the other hand, they complain how they can't stand to look at a string of windmills stretched out on a ridge. It is
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Tax assault weapons
; I am mystified by individuals who want to buy assault rifles for hunting animals such as deer, moose, etc. (a recent BDN story reported "Fear of weapons ban spurs sales Assault by definition is "a violent attack or onslaught." For the military, it is "the stage of close combat with the intent of
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Justice for abuse victims
; As a young boy I was sexually molested by a relative. At that time I was told monsters weren't real; little did I know that they are real and mine still haunt my dreams 40 years later. I was molested by this man from the age of 6 until the age of 10. I started drinking and doing drugs daily at 13,
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Mandate PFD use
; I am moved to write due to another tragic boating accident near Dover-Foxcroft, in which four men set out in a 12-foot boat without wearing life jackets. How sad these longtime friends were not wearing their personal flotation devices, or PFDs, which might have prevented two from drowning. A
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